Preferential low-pH dissolution of pyroxene in plagioclase-pyroxene mixtures: Implications for martian surface materials

Icarus

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-96

  McAdam, Amy C ^a   Zolotov, Mikhail Yu ^a   Sharp, Thomas G ^a   Leshin, Laurie A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Mineralogy; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249125694     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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